In this insightful episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, Joe Duffy, Founder & CEO of Pulumi, discusses the evolution of infrastructure platforms and their crucial role in modern cloud computing. The conversation explores how infrastructure platforms bridge the gap between development teams and cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations to maintain security, compliance, and efficiency while empowering developers with self-service capabilities.Key Takeaways:🏗️ Infrastructure Platform is an evolution of DevOps, focusing on creating a center of excellence for cloud infrastructure management🔄 The role combines aspects of traditional IT, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering with a product-minded approach🌐 Multi-cloud compatibility is increasingly important as organizations expand their cloud footprint through acquisitions or strategic partnerships🛡️ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is fundamental to implementing best practices and enabling self-service capabilities🚦 Finding the right balance between guardrails and flexibility is crucial for platform success🤝 The platform team should act as an enabler, helping developers ship faster while maintaining security and compliance⚖️ While popular with large enterprises, smaller teams might find a dedicated infrastructure platform team unnecessaryTimeline:00:00 - Introduction and welcome00:17 - Definition of infrastructure platform02:09 - Discussion of infrastructure platform team roles03:20 - Evolution of the infrastructure platform role04:17 - Internal vs. external role considerations05:42 - Company size considerations for implementation06:56 - Platform engineering vs. infrastructure platform terminology08:02 - Infrastructure as Code's role09:40 - 30-second summary of infrastructure platform10:15 - Comparison with cloud provider native solutions13:27 - Key implementation challenges17:33 - Discussion of existing cloud provider tools18:11 - Tried and true solutions at scale21:20 - Conclusion🔔 Don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the notification 🔔 ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/jonmyer/?sub_confirmation=1📱 Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JonMyerWebsite: https://jonmyer.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-myer/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wjJzdIwctq4o4pTXM2KSFLike my sounds? Here's my audio source: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/fj9o9k#aws #awscloud #podcast #podcasting #costoptimization #finops #cloudcost #cloudoptimization